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... form of entertainment of modern day is bull fights, yes bull fights, it is the only town in France that hosts bull fights and allows bulls to be killed during the season each year. Quite a spectacle. Next we headed to The Forum, La Maison Carree which is where the inception of Nimes was founded and another building built in the 1st century AD. I am starting to think that everything we see is super old. Super cool. Brendan had a wonderful ...

... to bring water from Ulez (the source) to Nimes and was used till the 6th century. It took approximately 15 years to complete and 80% of the aqueduct was underground so to speak. We took a side path and ended up on the top level of the aqueduct and were surprised to see how deep and wide the channel was, to imagine the amount of water flowing through this funnel each day is beyond comprehension for the day, there was approximately 2,000,000 (two million) cubic litres ...

... They have purchased divine chocolates from a local chocolatier and we walk with them on our way back to the car to purchase a selection, But sadly it is only 1.30 and the shop is closed as is the custom and we forgo the delights of chocolate. We definitely will be returning to Aix en Provence. Not to trip over but to take in the sights in such a quaint little town. The floral gardens were absolutely gorgeous in this very touristy village.

... Went to the second place that Philippe had suggested for dinner. It was a pizza place in a cave. His wife (we think), gave us a card for free wine. I actually didn't hate it, so I actually drank the whole glass. The pizza was good. Then, Beth went back to the hotel. Merlin, scott, and I hiked up to the park above the theatre. It was a great view all directions. We were there for sunset. Then we went back down, met Beth, and had some gelato. Then went to ...

... km. For some reason we were especially in a hurry in the beginning of the trip and were going very long distances, like on Day 2 we went 774 km and on Day 3 it was 887 km. If you would like to know more about this, check out the maps in the end of each post.

But let's continue...

We wake up around 9 and get a ride from Valerie and Piemarie quarter past eleven. They were only the 4th people we (meaning Kaare) ...